Limelight

I can safely say I was part of the late Jaclyn Jose’s journey into the art and business of Philippine cinema. Jaclyn’s first step in the long and winding road of show business was a given. Even if she was a half-sister of then popular actress Veronica Jones in the late 70s, she had to paddle her own canoe, start charting …

Even after Jaclyn Jose’s inurnment of her ashes, there are still rumors that the actress might have died of suicide and foul play apparently an indication of a SOCO yellow line surrounding her house in Quezon City where she was found lifeless in the morning of March 2, 2024. Even if Jaclyn’s daughter Andi Eigenmann had delivered in a press …

Love is lovelier the second time around. And getting married again to the same person is heaven. This is indeed true to couple Luis Manzano and Jessy Mendiola when they tied the knot for the second time recently at the scenic Coron, Palawan. Luis and Jessy married for the first time in a civil rite performed by Lipa City Mayor …

The reception of diversified audiences at the St. Paul University in Quezon City (SPUQC) for the retro showing of Star Cinema’s “”Anak,” a 2000 blockbuster film about the sacrifices of an OFW mother starred in by Vilma Santos, Claudine Barretto, Baron Geisler, Cherry Pie Picache, Amy Austria, Joel Torre, among others, written by now National Artist for Film and Broadcast …

The outpourings of sympathies and remembrances from kith and kin, colleagues, superiors etc. on the sudden demise award-winning actress Jaclyn Jose are heartwrenching and truly filial and congenial as if she was indeed a in their bloodline. Jaclyn, Mary Jane Guck in real life, died of still unknown cause yesterday. According to some sources, Jaclyn was found lifeless inside her …

What are friends for? Actor-politician Lito Lapid believes in this mantra. Long before the likes of action-stars-turned-senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. and Robin Padilla, Ronnie Ricketts, Cesar Montano, Edu Manzano and their contemporaries, there were already Lito, now also senator and action king Rhene Imperial in the burgeoning kiss-kiss, bang-bang department of the local adventure genre. Known for the films …

Like sexy actress Vida Verde, sought after television, film and stage thespian Glenda Garcia is already cancer-free for more than twenty years. “I am lucky I am still alive because I still have so many things to do in life,” said Glenda in our casual conversation during the wake Vida’s eldest sister Yolanda Mejia recently. “I owe my life to …

Philippine cinema is mourning the death of one of its excellent directors. Amable Aguiluz VI, also known as Tikoy Aguiluz of the famed masterpirces “Boatman,” “Bagong Bayani,” “Rizal sa Dapitan,” “Segurista,” “Biyaheng Langit,” “Tatsulok,” among other notable works, passed away of an undisclosed cause. Tikoy, founder of Cinemanila International Film in 1999 and co-founder with the late Virginia Moreno of …

The grapevine has been bearing a lot of stories about the reported breakup of couple Bea Alonzo and Dominic Roque. How true are entertainment reporters Ogie Diaz and Cristy Fermin’s claim that the two engaged man and woman have called it quits but the mediamen haven’t specified the cause of the split. There are, however, diverse versions of the alleged …

“She’s vindicated,” exclaimed Filipino entertainment journalist Art Tapalla as Vilma Santos was adjudged Best Actress for the film “When I Met You in Tokyo” at the awards night Friday (US time) of the very first Manila International Film Festival (MIFF) held at the Directors Guild of America Theater Complex in Los Angeles, California. The ten official entries to the 2023 …